Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-05

fully slow.
The light was growing now, and presently
In the silence We heard q commotion at the
far of bottom Of the stair and the faint
clanking of armed men. As yet the wall was
only two feet high, and we had been eight
minutes at the building Of it, So they had
come Alphonse had heard Alright
The clanking sound came nearer and in the
ghostly gray Of the da awning we could make
out long files Of men, some fifty or so In all,
slowly creeping up the stair. They were now
Mt the half way standing place that rested
on the great flying arch. and here Perceiving
that something was going on above, they, ."
our q eat gain, halted for three or four min
utes and consulted, then slowly and eau
tiously advanced again.
We had been nearly quarter OF an hour
at the work now, and it was almost three feet
high.
Then I woke Umslopogaas. The Heat
man rose, stretched himself and swung III
kosi kaas round his head
at is WELL" he said. IL feel rs IA young
man once more. My strength has come back to
me. ay, even as lamp flares up before 1t
dies Fear not, shall fight q good fight;
the wine and the sleep have put new heart
into me.
"Macumazahn, have dreamed dream.
! dreamed that thou and stood together on
a star and looked down on the world, and
thou vast as a spirit, Macumazahn, for light
fiamed through thy flesh, but could not see
whl. was the fashion Of my own face. The
hour has come for u.s. old hunter. So he It;
we have had our time. but l would that in it
had seen some more such fights as yester-
days.
Let them bury me after the fashion II
my people, Mscumazahn, snd set my eyes
toward Zululand;;" AMI he took my hand and
shook it, and then turned to face the ad-
vancing foe.
Just then, to my astonishment, the Zu-
vendi officer Kara clambered over our im-
;,rovised wall in his quiet, determined sort OF
wav, and took his stand by the Zulu, un-
si,,.athiug his sword as he did so.
What, comest thou tooi' laughed out the
old warrior.
"w.lcome-a welcome to thee, brave heart
O~, for the man who can die like q man
ow' for the death gripe and the ringing Of
steel Owl we are ready We wet our
beaks like eagles, our spears flash in the sun
we shake our assegais and are hungry to
fight Who comes to give greeting {" the
chiettainess' iInkosi kaasD' "Who would
taste her kiss, whereof the fruit Is death, l
the Woaipecker. j. the Saughterer, i, the
Swift footed l, Uns!opogaas, OF the tribe OF
the Maqui!sini, Of the people Of Amazulu
a captain OF the regiment Of the Nkomaba
kosi. l. UmsioJ Jogaas, the son of lndasInbi
tire son Of ArIi the son Of Mostlikna'ze OF
( ,be royal blood OF TChaka. | OF the kings
( House. the Hinged Man, I the lnduna. !
call to them as buck calls challenge them.
l await them. Owl it is thou, It Is thou"
As he spake. or rather chanted. his wild
( war song, the armed men, among whom IN
the growing light | recognized both Nasta
and Agon. came streaming up the stair with
. rush. and one big fellow. armed with .
heavy spear. dashed up the ten semcircular
! STEPS ahead Of his comrades. and struck at
| the great Zulu with the spear Umslopogaas
moved his body but not his legs, so that the
| blow missed him. and next instant lnkosi
| kaas crashed through head piece, hair and
! skull, and the mans corpse WAS rafting
down the steps. As he dropped bis round
| hippopotamus hide shield fell from his hand
| on to the marble. and the Zulu stopped down
and seized it, still chanting as lie did so